In an exhibition ending just last week with the Peres Projects in Los Angeles, artist Chris Ballantyne presented “Existing Outside of Another.” Ballantyne, who was born in Mobile, Ala., focuses much of his works on mundane architectural structures such as parking lots, old swimming pools and billboards. A dominate characteristic found in his recent work is a strong and eerie glowing natural light that seems to reference the glow of urban artificial lighting. Ballantyne, a previous DailyServing feature, moved around the country in his youth and has since remained influenced by suburban developments, interstate highways and the ideas of ownership and trespassing. Ballantyne’s paintings, drawings and sculptural installations have been exhibited in “Out of Place” with the Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum in California and “Body of Water” at Cheekwood Museum’s Temporary Contemporary gallery in Nashville, Tenn. The artist received his MFA in painting and drawing from the San Francisco Art Institute (2002) and has since been featured in Art Forum and Artweek magazines.